"My lord, the city is dangerous, and the thieves and artillery have no eyes, so let's go down to the inner city first. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"

On the tower of the east gate of Lanzhou City, a general flag of the pro-soldier wearing armor, wearing a Fan Yang hat and a saber at his waist, followed closely behind Zhou Hongtu, guarding inch by inch.

"Damn, where are the thieves so many artillery, I'm afraid it's not a bird like Zhenxiwei?!" Zhou Hongtu was under the cover of the guards at the moment, and looked outside the city from time to time, and when he saw that not far from the city, there were rows of black and pressed muzzles constantly emitting white smoke, and he immediately scolded angrily.

Looking at those smaller tiger squat cannons, they were pushed by the thief one by one, and they were fired closer to a place less than seventy or eighty steps away from the city wall, and they were even more angry in their hearts, and shouted directly to the left and right, "What about our cannons, why don't you fight?" ”

A garrison Qianhu who was carefully bowing his head and holding an iron helmet at this moment, dodging the splashing iron nails from time to time, heard this, and immediately said, "Lord Zhou, the artillery in the city is all poured and fixed, and the muzzle of the cannon cannot be shifted, and the thieves are all near the col where the artillery can't shoot, and we can't reach it." ”

Zhou Hongtu was furious when he heard this, "What about those small cannons?" Don't fool me, Lanzhou has always made cannons, I checked the register before, there are more than 100 small cannons, where is it now?! ”

"The previous defeat of Mitsui Town was called abandoned and abandoned, where is there artillery." The grievances on the faces of the thousand households, who can blame this, who knows that the two thousand households went out of Mitsui Town, ready to drive away the thieves, and didn't want the thieves to get the news from somewhere, so they suddenly attacked at night, and more than 600 people from the two thousand households were in chaos, and less than 200 people ran out, not to mention the more than 40 doors they carried.

As for what Zhou Hongtu said about the 100 artillery pieces on the register, it is even more Huti, and the whole state of Qilan can guarantee that the bullets will not be blown up, just those more than 40 guns, and the others have long been called deserted, maybe they have been smelted and turned into copper coins long ago, where is it, if it were not for the commander of Zhenxiwei who also died in Mitsui Town, I am afraid that I can't tell how happy I am at the moment, and I just report the loss of the remaining shortage of artillery together.

It's a pity that the command mission is not good, as the thieves entered the town, he got on the horse in a panic and prepared to escape, but instead called the random gun to stab him to death, and the head was also called to be recognized, and now the wind is dried and hung under the city, staring at the city tower without staring at it.

"You should gather all the troops and horses of your subordinates and go out of the city to remove the thief artillery array, otherwise let it go on like this, and if you don't let the thieves enter the city, I'm afraid no one will dare to go up to the city wall." Although Zhou Hongtu is a civil official, he also knows some martial arts, after all, if he continues to fight like this, within a day, the city will be broken, not to mention waiting for any Taiyuan reinforcements.

"My lord, there are only about 300 people in my department, how can I go out of the city?" When the thousand households heard this, they were immediately half stupid, looking at the formation outside the city, the black pressure was overwhelming, I was afraid that there would be no less than seven or eight hundred people, just my own people went out of the city, and it was not enough for people to cut it with their hands, even if Zhou Hongtu was oppressed by his official status, he refused to go.

Zhou Hongtu was also anxious at the moment, and directly threw out a sentence, "You are afraid of the thief's sword, let me ask if my sword is not good?!" After speaking, he stared at the thousand households viciously, and the guards around him were also surrounded now, and when he dared to refute, he would take it.

Where did the thousand households experience this battle, looking at the soldiers who were close to him, his heart was cold, and he only felt that his face was hot, but unfortunately there were few cronies around, and he didn't dare to resist, so he had to say, "It depends on the adult, but my department has not been paid for three months, if I go forward and drive out of the city, I am afraid that there will be chaos." ”

Where did Zhou Hongtu hear him say this, if he had money, he would have made up for his own personal guards, and where was his turn, he glared directly and said, "Hugh Duoyan, immediately take your troops and horses out of the city to destroy the thief artillery array, and I will give you two hundred more personal soldiers, go out of the city together, and be sure to succeed!" ”

He is not an ignorant person, with 300 soldiers out of the city, nothing more than to die, but now he is pressed and beaten, morale is gone, even if he barely defends the city, it is also a city broken and people are killed, it is better to go out of the city to destroy the thief artillery array, if it can be successful, one will remove the threat of artillery fire, and the other will boost morale, so as to hold on to Taiyuan reinforcements.

Therefore, with 200 personal soldiers, he gave it a go, ready to take advantage of this battle to completely defeat the thief artillery team, which is also coincidental, Zhou Hongtu also despised this gang of thieves, and the black pressure was no less than four or five thousand people, but he didn't know the art of war, so he was surrounded on all sides, and he was afraid that his own family would not be able to break through? You must know that your own family is a soldier and has the responsibility to defend the land, even if you break through, you will be in prison and beheaded.

If there are two thousand elites in their own home, they dare to go out of the city to fight, so that this group of rogues is defeated and flees, but this group of rogues also reveals a bit of evil, not to see the army of thieves before, but among them, there are no less than sixty percent of the old and weak women and children, and the whole team is a mess.

And at present, this group of thieves, although the team is also huge, but most of them are sturdy adults, including hundreds of armored horsemen, and more firearms and artillery, looking at themselves is frightened, such a large army, how to suppress it, even if the Taiyuan reinforcements arrive, if you want to break the thieves, you have to work hard.

"Lord Qianhu, what does Lord Zhou say?" The thousand households were originally going to the city to ask about the reinforcements, but they asked for such a fatal errand, and they were angry, and as soon as they came, they wanted to jump to their feet and scold their mothers, only the eyes did not open their eyes at this moment to come up and ask, and it was like lighting a pile of dry firewood, which made the thousand households slap the man in the face dizzy.

"Phew! The matter of this thousand households, is also what you can ask? Saying that, he walked directly into his own thousand-household Ding team, brought in a few cronies, and said directly with a blushing face, "Zhou Hongtu is a killer, bullying us to command the new funeral, and forcibly driving our troops out of the city to break the thief artillery array, you wait to talk about it, how is it good?" ”

One of the hundreds of households under his command was angry when he heard this, and scolded directly, "Lord Liu, I haven't seen a penny of food and salary for a few months, and standing in the city is just a little face, otherwise, my brothers and I would have gone out of the city to beg for food a long time ago, and now we are still letting our brothers go out of the city to die?!" ”

Another personal chief flag also came up at this moment and said, "Qianhu, if you don't tell the upper side and give out some silver, it will also give the brothers a hope, and you can't go out of the city easily!" If there is a mistake, how will our brothers' family live? ”

"That's it, he didn't give his mother a tael of silver, the brothers who died in the battle in Mitsui Town before now, and now they don't have a single pension, and they want to trick us into sending us to death, but there is no door!" Others also spoke out, but the more they talked, the worse Liu Qianhu's face became, and he didn't even follow his cronies, so the soldiers below could be imagined. (To be continued.) )